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Miriam Schleifer McCormick

Miriam Schleifer McCormick | Lewis T. Booker Professor in Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Richmond, and author of Belief as Emotion (Oxford University Press 2025).

Miriam Schleifer McCormick | Lewis T. Booker Professor in Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Richmond, and author of Belief as Emotion (Oxford University Press 2025).

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